Articles by David Dacks

Africa Hitech

93 Million Miles

PUBLISHED May 10, 2011

Future bass as a concept/movement is fairly recognizable at this point: dance music (usually from the UK) that's simultaneously fast and sl...

Carrying tUnE-yArDs

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

Sing it loud, Merrill Garbus aka tUnE-yArDs, is back and bolder than ever with her new album Whokill. "We [she and partner Nate Brenner] ha...

Cris Derksen

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2011

While growing up in Edmonton, AB, Cris Derksen started thinking about what instrument would be right for her. Narrowing it down to bass and...

Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit

Secret Rhythms 4

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2011

As you might expect from the title, this is now a long-running collaboration. One half of Flanger and the rhythm engine behind Can have mad...

Blitz The Ambassador

Native Son

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2011

There's African hip-hop, there are African grooves with rapping on top and then there's Blitz. Native Son is one of the very few records ev...

tUnE-yArDs

Whokill

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2011

Like Colin Stetson's recent New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges album, Whokill is the kind of sophomore album that makes you wonder how you...

Bullion

You Drive Me To Plastic

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2011

After decades of droll cartoonish samples, it's getting harder and harder to express humour through electronic music. Not that Bullion sets...

tUnE-yArDs Talks the Stable Life of <i>whokill</i>

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2011

As of today (April 19), tUnE-yArDs' new album whokill has exploded on contact with pop culture. Merrill Garbus's sophomore album is being r...